Order-carrying hoop and holder therefor



Dec. 13, 1927. 1,652,429

R. w. CURRAN ORDER CARRYING HOOP AND HOLDER THEREFOR Filed Nov, 15, 1926Ji z.

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1 ORDER-CARRYING HOOP Applicati on' fl1ed- Npvember Thisv inventionrelates to. a hoop. and. holder 1 ithereforgwhich are} combined .to.make, iip, a

device especially. adapted .forxuse by. station 5. -.,agents of; arailroad andhas forits. primary 5 :object the. :provision ofimprovements; and

i I refinements in construction .which render the hoop easily removableby; a;.q'uickw.jerk.and

's'WhiQhl makes the holderand hoopcheap to make and extremely strong and.durablez in construction.

l-"llzlleretofore-ldevices o-fithis character have been. made up of alarge number of complicated partswhich readily get out of Order andwhich. render the device expensive to manufacture. Often times a largenumber of small springs are used in the holdingdevice and when thisholder becomes inoperative it is impossible to releasably support themessage carrying hoop where-it can be received by a tra-inman as thetrain passes the station.

The preferred form of the invention is shown in. the accompanyingdrawing, in which Figure 1 is aside view of a'hoop holder showing theorder carryin'guhoop in place;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical section through the'holdertaken on the dividing line between the two members making up the head ofthe holder; v

Fig. 3 is another enlarged Vertical section taken on line'IIIIII ofFigure 1; and

Fig. 4 is a horizontal cross section taken on line IVIV of Fig; 2 bothmembers being shown. 7

Similar reference characters refer to like parts in the several viewsand the numeral 5 designatesan ordinary'long wooden handle or the likewhich may be of any desired length and which supports the holder headproper which is made up of two castings 6 and 7 and which are securelyheld on one end of the handle 5 by rivets or analogous means 8 whichpass through the lower portion of each, casting 7 This lower portion issemi circular in cross section asshown at 9 and the, cooperatingportions 9 entirely surround the supporting end of handle 5. Thecastings 6 and 7 are identical and each is provided with a pair ofco-acting partitions 10 whichare pressed inwardly from the main sidewall of each casting in such a way that the head of the holdenwhenassembled is divided into an upper and a lower compartment joined by acomparatively narmwninornnnamnnnnnpg fl s 1926. serial.- 143362; l r T l.row. .passageiformedbetweenTthe; partitions I These. partitions shouldhaye itheir 11pper walls nclined.) as umner-.112- and; the

.inner r. end: of the 'V.-.shape d partitions 10 Ishould be roundedasshown. inflilig. 2. lThse. ,part1t1ons10 arellformedby pressing aportion of the frespectiveicastinginwardly from ilthemain sidewall.flnYdoingithis, a pair'of .1 depressions. are. formed. as' shown inFigure [1. iVhenntlle two, castings.6.;and 7 which;

form "the. head proper are, rivets-d6 together along the edges by'rivets or like means 13 the upper inclined walls 12 of the partitionscooperate to guide the hoop salient downwardly and inwardly toward thepassage formed between the inner ends of the V- shaped partitions.

A specially constructed hoop is used with this holder which hoop mayconsist'of body portion 14 which carries the well known spring clip15beneath which may be aflixed' a-folded sheet of paper having the trainorder written thereon. To permit the hoop to be held by this novelholder the same should have an integral salient projecting outwardlyfrom the body portion 14, which salient has a pair of waved sides 16.These sides converge toward eachother as their outer ends are approachedand the arcs formedrby' the waving of the sides adjust themselves to therounded inner end of each partition 10, as shown in Fig. 2. When thehoop is inserted in the holder, the salient is pushed into the upperchamber formed within the head and thence forced between par.-

titions 10 through the narrow passage to a,

- the proper moment arrives when it is to be H jerked from the heldposition.

Having thus described the invention,what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is: 1. A device .of the kind described comprisingincombination, a hoop holder and a message carrying hoop having means forreleasably gripping a message, said holder ineluding a chambered head,means including a pa r of C0-LCt1Ilg v-shapedpartitlons W1thin said headfor guidlng the message carrying hoop to the gripped position,-said hoopbeing formed to present a salient having a plurality of arcs adapted tobe engaged by said guiding means and V-shaped partitions whereby thesides of the salient are drawn closer together andieldably held as thehoop is forced to the eld position.

2. A device of the kind described comprising in combination, ahoopholder and a Ines sage carrying hoop having means forreleasablygripping a message, said holder including a chambered headhaving a pair of downwardly 'and inwardly extending inclined partitionstherein, said hoop being formed to present a salient having sidesconverging toward each other as their outer ends are approached, saidpartitions being adapted to engage the sides of said salient to pressthe same together as the hoop is moved to the held position.

A device of the kind described comprising in combination, a hoop holderand a message carrying hoop having means for releasably gripping amessage, said holder including a chaniberedhead having partitionstherein to form annpper and a lower chamber joined by afrelativelynarrow passage, said hoop being formed to present a salient ha vingsides converging; toward each other as their outer ends are approached,each side having a series of arcs formed therein and engageable by theclosest portionsof'said partitions, whereby the arcs are forced to wardeach other whenthe hoop salient enters said passage. i

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature. i i i RAYMOND W.oiiRRAN.

